Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC) and the Spanish Society of Pediatric Intensive Care (SECIP) consensus recommendations for ECMO transport

• Published in: Medicina intensiva Vol. 46; no. 8; pp. 446 - 454
• Main Authors: Argudo, E, Hernández-Tejedor, A, Belda Hofheinz, S, Fuset, M P, Sanchez Galindo, A, Burgueño, P, Ballcels, J, Duerto, J, Morales Martínez, A, Martínez-Martínez, M, Morteruel Arizcuren, E, Pérez, F, Díaz Vico, A, Rubio Mateo-Sidrón, J A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Spain 01-08-2022
• Subjects: Child; Consensus; Critical Care; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation - adverse effects; Humans; ECMO retrieval; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Mobile ECMO; ECMO móvil; Oxigenación por membrana extracorpórea; Extracorporeal life support; Soporte vital extracorpóreo; ECMO transport; Transporte en ECMO
• ISSN: 2173-5727; 2173-5727; 1578-6749
• DOI: 10.1016/j.medine.2022.06.005

The evolution of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment and the transport of patients receiving this treatment has changed dramatically in the last decade unevenly in different regions. The creation of specialized referral centers has been shown to improve outcomes. For all these reasons, it has been necessary to create networks of specialized teams and the number of secondary transports of patients with this treatment is increasing. In order to improve the quality of treatment and offer a guide to the services involved in these transports, the critical transport working groups of the Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC) and the Spanish Society of Pediatric Intensive Care (SECIP) have carried out a joint effort to prepare these recommendations, focused on the following aspects: indications, reference center systems, means of transport, characteristics and equipment, human teams, training and clinical safety.